Table 1.
Patient Information by Inter-facility Transfer or Pickup in the Community.
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| TOTAL | TOTAL | INTER-FACILITY TRANSFER (IFT) | PICKUP IN COMMUNITY | |||
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| N | N | % | N | % | ||
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| 875 | 442 | 51% | 328 | 37% | ||
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| Road-Traffic Accident | 262 | 30% | 19 | 4% | 227 | 69% |
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| Maternity | 254 | 29% | 228 | 52% | 6 | 2% |
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| Medical | 227 | 26% | 149 | 34% | 51 | 16% |
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| Other Accident or Assault | 62 | 7% | 24 | 5% | 34 | 10% |
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| Gender | ||||||
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| Female | 532 | 61% | 344 | 78% | 113 | 34% |
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| Male | 323 | 37% | 95 | 21% | 200 | 61% |
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| Age | ||||||
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| 0–14 years | 47 | 5% | 27 | 6% | 14 | 4% |
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| 15–49 years | 668 | 76% | 359 | 81% | 235 | 72% |
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| 50–64 years | 51 | 6% | 18 | 4% | 26 | 8% |
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| 65+ years | 42 | 5% | 15 | 3% | 20 | 6% |
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| Vital signs were abnormal – % of recorded | ||||||
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| Tachycardic (of N = 645) | 188 | 29% | 110 | 36% | 56 | 21% |
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| Hypotensive* (of N = 737) | 25 | 3% | 11 | 3% | 10 | 3% |
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| Hypertensive (of N = 737) | 39 | 5% | 18 | 5% | 18 | 6% |
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| Hypoxic (of N = 508) | 42 | 8% | 12 | 6% | 21 | 8% |
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| Altered Level of Consciousness† (of N = 739) | 95 | 13% | 35 | 10% | 49 | 17% |
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* Systolic < 100 or Diastolic < 50.
† GCS < 15.
Missing: Incident type 8%, Pickup type 12%, Gender 2%, Age 8%.